Everybody needs a vacation sometimes. And although getting away from it all is a great way to get refreshed, I never want to lose track of what’s happening in the world. With the VAIO UX, I find it easy to balance my desire to surf the waves with my need to surf the Net. Wherever I happen to be, I can just whip out my VAIO UX within a Wi-Fi® hotspot, quickly launch my Web browser and check on the weather, research my next destination, make reservations, whatever I want.
The thumb-operated side buttons let me scroll through the information without a mouse, much like a portable game unit. And since the Web browser screen can be rotated, I can display entire pages vertically like a PDA. With the optional high-capacity battery attached, I can count on 7 hours of consecutive operation even if I’m not near an AC outlet.

My VAIO UX is equipped with two MOTION EYE cameras, making it easy to communicate through images instead of just words. Wherever I take my VAIO UX, if there’s a scene I like, I can take snapshots or shoot movie clips and store them on the hard disk drive. It’s literally a huge album of pictures and videos that I can always carry around with me. And if I have an Internet connection I can email those images to friends and family, or upload them to my blog for the whole world to see. Naturally, I’d have a story to tell for each image, and VAIO UX makes it easy to input text with its built-in keyboard. When the need to communicate is immediate, I can count on its Bluetooth® technology for real-time mobile communication like VoIP for video chatting. As they say, “wish you were here”, and if go-anywhere communication is what you want, the VAIO UX is where you can find your solution.

For some people a laptop PC is the way to go, but for me I need more freedom. And although there’s usually a trade-off between mobility and performance, VAIO UX gives me both. It offers the power of Windows® XP (not Windows® Mobile or Windows® CE) in roughly the same size as a PDA, for a seamless environment with my office software. My precious data is secured even during mobile use thanks to VAIO HDD Protection. And with its Fingerprint Recognition scanner my VAIO UX lets me log-in quickly because it knows it’s me.
So anywhere I am at the time becomes my office, no desk required. But that doesn’t mean I’m all work and no play. VAIO UX is a multimedia entertainer that can be used as a portable audio player, a portable video player that reproduces a beautiful on-screen picture, a mobile camera with lots of storage capacity, a notepad that I can scribble memos on, or even a VoIP mobile phone. And it all fits into my coat pocket or bag. It’s my partner who’s always there, and sometimes it’s so inseparable that it becomes a part of me.